Sun promoting OpenOffice through pop-up ads
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| I guess it works for V1@gr@ and security software, so why shouldn't Sun
| advertise OpenOffice through obnoxious pop-up ads? Install Java, get...spam?
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9804168-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Why is Mozilla selling out free software?
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| And you do realize that other manufacturers offer laptops pre-loaded with
| Firefox and Linux, right?
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http://www.gavinbaker.com/2007/10/23/why-is-mozilla-selling-out-free-software/
So Mozilla gives proprietary, DRM-oriented software and hardware. Novell once
did the same with iPods got criticised (long before the deal with Microsoft).
...And then there are pro-open source people who use Macs, whose partent
company seems to /hate/ Linux.
Related:
Wozniak hates Open Sauce
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| In an interview with eWeek, Woz said that there are always people who want
| things to be free and the open-source movement starts with those sort of
| people.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/wozniak-hates-open-sauce
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| As recently reported on Slashdot, Apple, in its infinite wisdom, has added a
| checksum to the iPod database apparently to restrict non-iTunes products
| (like Amarok via libgpod) from having the ability to add music.
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http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/496-iPod-Classic-Will-Be-Supported.html
Apple promises to kill unlocked Iphones
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/apple-promises-to-kill-unlocked-iphones
Apple Arrogance Unleashed!
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| But the only problem with Apple is that it has no gratitude. Or humility. Or
| generosity. Or manners.
|
| I'm a big fan of Apple products. But there's no escaping the fact that Apple
| has always been, well, arrogant. Which was fine -- their superiority complex
| has always been both partially deserved and one of the company's motivations
| to strive for better things. But in the past few months, the company seems to
| have crossed some kind of invisible line, now brazenly pissing off not just
| competitors, but its most devoted fans, closest partners and industry
| supporters.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/cnews/article.php/3703216
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